Answers: a) 4. In the 1991 World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo, Mike Powell jumped 8.95 m, breaking the 23-year long-jump record set by Bob Beamon by a full 5 cm. Assume that Powell's speed on takeoff was 9.5 m/s (about equal to that of a sprinter) and that g=9.80 m/s²in Tokyo. How close did Powell come to the maximum possible range in the absence of air resistance? Answer: 0.26m

Answers: a) 4. In the 1991 World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo, Mike Powell jumped 8.95 m, breaking the 23-year long-jump record set by Bob Beamon by a full 5 cm. Assume that Powell's speed on takeoff was 9.5 m/s (about equal to that of a sprinter) and that g=9.80 m/s²in Tokyo. How close did Powell come to the maximum possible range in the absence of air resistance? Answer: 0.26m

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